The trees are a pleasant enough change that Daine doesn't give much thought to how abrupt or senseless the change was. They'd meant to go outside, and now they're outside. It doesn't even trouble her overmuch that the forest isn't familiar to her - it's close enough to the Ramble, but she doesn't recognize the trees.

It's the silence that really troubles her. Where are the People? She listens hard, and for a moment she thinks she can hear familiar minds - Quickbeak, Sarge, Molly - but they slip away from her, and she frowns. "This is strange. I can't hear anyone - not properly."